Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-14
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

TO De That OF ~ Negro VINO WAS
Lyncbed Found in ChAttooga.
GEORGIA.
The lost nag OF the Fort Gaines Guards
has been found.
A fruit evaporation is to be established
at Marshallyille.
Quitman will vote to-day on the ques-
tion of building a town hall.
A gentleman living in Athens received
an order from Portland, Me-, for pair of
fne mules.
There are between fifty and sixty cases
on the docKet for the coming term OF
Elbert Superior Court.
Jim Mcmillan, OF Berrien county, put
forty yews in pasture, where they we're
protected, and the result is thirty-six
lambs.
The Coosa River Convention will be
held tomorrow, and the attendance will
doubtless be large. Rome VIII send
good delegation.
Four thousand dollars has just been re-
fused for vacant corner lot on New
castle street at Brunswick, 60X90. This
is $685. per front foot.
Capt. A b. Gates has sold out his in
terest in the Newman Herald, which Will
hereafter be conducted by the Newman
Publishing Company.
W. L. Story and Judge Thomas NJ. Lip
pitt have both been mentioned for the
State Senate from Worth in 1888, by VII
tiers in the Worth Local.
ThS Brunswick Rifemen have deter
mined TO go into an encampment on
April 10 for three days. Belle Point will
probably be the place selected.
\ At Buena Vista the vivid started a
, buggy rolling, which was left in the
northwest cnrner OF the square Monday,
and it travelled forty or fifty yards before
ii stopped.
A loan and savings bank has been
organized at ElbertOn. Harry Gardner
was chosen President. All the shares,
amounting to $4,000, We're taken by oiti-
zens OF Elberton.
1t is said that there has been about So
worth of gold melted out Of small rock
that came off lot of land belonging to
Sheriff Clements, in the First District and
Fourth Section of Polk county.
The seed cane in Marion county is badly
damaged, and 1t will be difficult for farm
ers to secure enough sound stalks for
planting purposes. The cane was bedded
last fall during the dry weather and 1T
took the dry rot.
T. j. Palm, Of Valdosta, who received
what was feared would prove fatal
blow on the nose last week, will recover.
hemorrhage, and he has been gradually
building up since.
The Ordinary of Ebert county issued
140 marriage licenses last year. In De-
cember 3S expectant grooms deposited
ST 80 with Mr.. Almond. as many as seven
documents being issued in day. Since
Christmas there have been Is more
issued t
Mr.. Thomas Barkesdale died at the
home of bis brother, Hon. B. F,7 Barkes-
dale, at Washington, on Wednesday
morning last. Mr.. Barkesdale IS an old
resident of Wilkes county. He at one
time represented the county in the Legis-
1ature.
About SIS, 900 OF the capital stock of the
Second National Bank of Rome has been
subscribed. The whole capital stock is
TO be 500, 600, and nearly all of the remain
ing amount OF stock mas been spoken for.
About $4,000 of the money is subscribed
by parties outside of Rome. Capt. IL. G.
Clark will be president of the new bank,
and John King cashier.
Last sunday DR.. K. L. Armistead, OF
Watkinsville, called to see a little
negro who was strangely affected.
1t seems that the little negro
fell, falling face foremost, and naIu-
r9ly caught with his hands, after
which they began to draw, the fingers be-
came doubled up and soon 1t was impos-
sIble for him to open his hands. 1t is
thought some leader perhaps was strain
Nd considerably, causing the hands TO
draw, and il is feared he Is afflicted for
lif,.
Last Thursday morning the dead body
OF a negro man was discovered in the
Racc0cn mill pond, in Chattooga county.
The news received of the finding OF the
body Is very meagre, but il is stated that
toe man was muatta, and answered to
the description OF the one who committed
the outrage upon TIE little daughter OF
DIR. Hendricks several weeks ago. 1t is
stated that when found the negroes neck
had been broken, and from all appear
snces be had been stretched from the
limb OF a tree by an infuriated mob and
his body afterward thrown into the mill
pond.
There are outstanding the following
bNDds of the state: $2,14l.000 per
cents, due in 1889; $2,09S, 900 7 per
cents, gold, due IN 1890; 1907, 900 7
per cents, due in 1892; $542 600 per
cents, due III 1896; $S,445,0o0 AZ per
cents, due in 1915; 1924, 600 rs, University
obligations, due in l933-36. The following
numbers OF gold IS OF 1890 were Outlawed
bv legislative enactment IN 1872: 1878,
J629-30, 1858, 174l, 177l. 1774, 1922 1911,
1926. lS40 25ol to 2575, both inclusive,
259l 10 2bO0 both inclusive. Georgia Az
per cents, maturing ia Is years, are worth
106, which is AIS per cent. yielded on the
invesiment.
. Wednesday night the store OF Wash
Bowen, at Brooktield, WAS robbed of FULLY
f400 worth OF goods OF various Kinds. The
post office, which is in the store, was also
robbed OF stamps and postal cards and
all the letters were taken. Five hundred
postal cards and about $3.50 worth OF
goods were found Thursday, some of
which were concealed In the woods two
miles south OF Brookfeld and some mile
or so east OF BrooKheld. The store was
entered by boring out a section of the
door. There ID not the slightest clue as
20 the robbers, except that they are
known TO be white.
A negro man was in Bainbrldgs Mon
day bunting doctor to dress Y pistol
shot wound, which he claimed to nave
received ON Sunday night az the planta-
lion Of Sam w. Cox, III the upper part of
Decatur county, at the hands Of a negro
named Jones, about cplOred woman
who they both had greet attachment
90. The bullet had strueh The point OF
rSae chin, passed down under the Jaw
tabone, out and into the base OF the neck
(, IN front, detected and run out tow ard the
lspoint OF the shoulder and was lost--the
,<Gpsgeoa, Or. Morgan. being unable to
1fSnd It. The wound was dressed and he